McHenry County Blog

The leaders of still another village are objecting to be included in boundaries the Kishwaukee Water Authority that A-LAW, the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water, has proposed.

That’s what The Times, which seems to be based in Ottawa, is reporting.

The reason is different from other towns who see McHenry County-style growth as a benefit.

Reporter Melissa Garzanelli writes,

Sandwich Mayor Tom Thomas said he plans to ask that Sandwich be excluded from the group's jurisdiction since it is a different watershed from the rest of the area A-LAW seeks to regulate -- the Kishwaukee River basin. Sandwich is in the Harvey Creek watershed.

The mayor also brought up another objection I have not heard of: the new taxing authority would (could?) require boat registration.

Not that there are a lot of places to put boats in rural McHenry, Boone and DeKalb Counties.